Youth sports: Coach strikes out putting pitcher in pressure situation

11:08 PM,
Apr. 17, 2013

Written by

Tom Kuyper
For the Poughkeepsie Journal

From the mail bag?? QUESTION?My son (I think he was 12) usually pitched, but this game someone else was pitching and it had not been "going" well. The score was tied; count was 3 balls, 2 strikes, and 2 outs in the bottom of the last inning, with the bases loaded.

The coach called a time out and went out to the mound as we thought to talk and calm down and encourage the pitcher. Instead, he made a switch and put my son in to pitch. There was only one pitch left. It was called a ball and the winning run was walked in. My son was the losing pitcher. Needless to say, he was hurt and felt terrible.